Neil, I totally agree with you, was looking for James' input as well as he knows his batteries. Plus his set is likely out of a different batch as well, so I thought if several people chimed in that have them it would be interesting. I plan on ordering me a set in the next few days, I just don't have the experience or ability to test them myself or I would try and add too.

I thought Himalaya really hit the nail on the head on page 4 talking about that the cells are graded, but if they were to far out of tolerance they would need to check the production line. I think this is an excellent point since MA claims they are "rejects". I remember in college I had Production/Operations/Management where this was discussed a lot. With many if not most products like batteries made there and sold around the world they have come a long way in terms of quality, they had too. And while we here focus on the batteries that apply to us as far as RC goes, they are in tons of products. Lap tops, cell phones, hand held video games, PDAs,........and so on. Anyway long story short, that reason given by MA just doesn't cut it any more in the global market place.